Google’s new Android Automotive update wants to control your car's 'brain' —as Micron predicts cars will soon need 300GB of RAM

• Google announces updated version of Android Automotive OS
• Tech giant hopes software can take care of key car functions
• Cars could eventually require more than 300GB of RAM, Micron says

Google has just announced an updated version of its Android Automotive open-source operating system for vehicles, which it hopes will see the software take care of the "non-safety" parts of today and tomorrow’s Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs).

In recent years, both passenger cars and commercial vehicles have become increasingly more complex. With the advent of electric vehicles and their simplified powertrain architecture, automotive manufacturers have turned towards compute power to both control the vehicle and offer cutting-edge infotainment systems.

Often described as Software Defined Vehicles, the phrase loosely applies to anything that can be updated, improved, diagnosed and fixed remotely, using a data connection within the car to connect to The Cloud.

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